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Alison Laurie Neilson completed a Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative International and Development Education in 2006 in the Faculty of Education, University of Toronto, a Master in Biology in 1991 at York University, Toronto and a Bachelor in environmental studies and biology double major honours degree in 1989 at the University of Waterloo Department. She is an intergrated Researcher in the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences, at NOVA University of Lisbon, an Associated Researcher in the University of Coimbra's Centre for Social Studies, an Associated Researcher in The Stefansson Arctic Institute, Iceland and anAssociated Researcher, with the Biodiversity Group in the University of the Azores. She is the Founding Coordinator for the Research Network for Social Marine Issues in the Azores, for "RCE Açores" (Portugal) Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development in United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies of Sustainability. Her scientific research has been recognized nationally and internationally (203 citations for 18 book/chapters and 20 peer-reviewed articles), international presentations (89 in 17 countries). She has supervised 2 PhD theses to completion and is currently supervising a 3rd. She has co-supervised 1 MSc dissertation(s). Supervised 1 work(s) of course completion of LSc/BSc. Has received 8 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Pos-doctoral Fellow in 1 project(s), Principal investigator in 7 project(s) and Researcher in 1 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Social Sciences with emphasis on Educational Sciences, Social Sciences with emphasis on Economic and Social Geography with emphasis on Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences with emphasis on Other Social Sciences with emphasis on Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary, Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Biodiversity Conservation and Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Ecology. In their professional activities interacted with 43 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Arts-based inquiry; Decolonizing the academy; Methods of inquiry; Pedagogy; Video; Performance technologies; Azores; Civic participation; Fishing policy; Islands; Arts-informed research; Fishing communities; Multivoice theatre; Participatory reflexive practice; Sea; Social construction; Desenvolvimento Sustentável; Educação; Criança; Educação Ambiental; Ciência; Fenomenografia; Sociedade; Phenomenographie; Reflexivity; Complexity; Ambiguity; Social Construction; Perspectives; higher education; artist-led; knowledge construction; praxis; small-scale; Açores; vampire bats; conservation; Guyana; field research; bats; myotis lucifugus; policy; hunting; urban wildlife; raccoons; rabies; critical; globalization; environmental justice; ways of knowing; performative research; diversity; anti-racism; gender equity; European Common Fisheries Policy; Research; environmental; research; informal education; environmental education; wildlife; conservation; education.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Alison Laurie Neilson

Citation names

  • Neilson, Alison

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4F16-DE20-9D60
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6457-2804

Addresses

  • CICS.NOVA.FCSH Colégio Almada Negreiras, Campus de Campolide 3.º piso - Sala 333, 1070-312, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Educational Sciences
  • Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Environmental Sciences
  • Social Sciences - Other Social Sciences - Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2006
Concluded
 Comparative International and Development Education (Doctor of Philosophy)
Faculty of Education, University of Toronto, Canada
"Disrupting privilege, identity and meaning: A reflexive dance of environmental education" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Phd
1991
Concluded
 Biology (Master)
York University, Biology Department, Canada
"Population Ecology of the Little Brown Bat, Myotis lucifugus, at the Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 M.Sc.
1989
Concluded
 environmental studies and biology double major honours degree (Bachelor)
University of Waterloo Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Canada
"1. Breeding Behaviour of Captive Macaws, 2. The History and Palaeoecology of Ellice Swamp" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 B.E.S.
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/11/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2014/03/01 - 2019/10/30 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2008/01/01 - 2014/01/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade dos Açores - Campus de Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
2006 - 2008 Researcher (Research) Queen's University, Canada
2003 - 2005 Contracted Researcher (Research) University of Toronto Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Canada
2002 - 2003 Research Assistant (Research) University of Toronto Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Canada
2002 - 2003 Research Assistant (Research) University of Toronto Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Canada
2001 - 2002 Research Assistant (Research) University of Toronto Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Canada
2000 - 2001 Contracted Researcher (Research) Environment and Climate Change Canada Canadian Wildlife Service, Canada
1999 - 2000 Contracted Researcher (Research) World Wildlife Fund - Canada, Canada
1994/10 - 1994/11 Research Assistant (Research) University of Arkansas Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural Food and Life Sciences, United States
1992 - 1994 Science and Technology Management Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Canada
1990/03 - 1990/09 Contracted Researcher (Research) Youth Challenge International , Canada
1990/01 - 1990/03 Research Assistant (Research) York University Faculty of Science, Canada
1987/04 - 1987/09 Research Assistant (Research) University of Waterloo Department of Environment and Resource Studies, Canada

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016 - 2018 Lecturer (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2012/09 - 2014/12 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Laureate Education Inc, United States
2006/01 - 2008/01 Lecturer (University Teacher) Queen's University, Canada
2007/08 - 2007/12 Lecturer (University Teacher) University of Toronto School of the Environment, Canada
2002 - 2007/12 Lecturer (University Teacher) University of Toronto Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Canada
2007/04 - 2007/09 Lecturer (University Teacher) Brock University Faculty of Graduate Studies, Canada
2005 - 2006 Lecturer (University Teacher) Wilfrid Laurier University Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Canada
1989 - 1991 Tutor (University Teacher) York University Faculty of Science, Canada
1987 - 1989 Tutor (University Teacher) University of Waterloo Department of Biology, Canada
1987 - 1989 Tutor (University Teacher) University of Waterloo Department of Environment and Resource Studies, Canada

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2009 - Current Coordinator, RCE Açores (Portugal) Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies of Sustainability, Japan
2015/05 - 2018/05 Co-coordinator, research nuclei: Science, Economy and Society (NECES) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2016 - 2018 Co-Convenor, Network 30 Environmental & Sustainability Education European Education Researchers Association, Germany
2012 - 2016 Co-convenor Emerging Scholar Network European Education Researchers Association, Germany
2002 - 2006 Ontario Representative on Steering Committee Canadian Association for Environmental Education and Communication, EECOM , Canada
1998/01/01 - 1998/12/31 Geoscience Steering Committee, South Africa's Year of Science and Technology initiative Museum of the Council for Geoscience , South Africa

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017 - Current Associated Researcher The Stefansson Arctic Institute, Iceland
2017 - Current Founding Coordinator, Research Network for Social Marine Issues in the Azores Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2016 - Current Associated Researcher, Biodiversity Group Universidade dos Açores - Campus de Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
2010 - 2023 Accredited Trainer, DRE Açores/EFRA/001/2017, D08 Environmental Education Regional Secretary for Education and Training, Government of Azores , Portugal
2009 - 2014 Development and Coordination for “RCE Açores” (Azores islands, Portugal) Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development, United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies Universidade dos Açores - Campus de Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
1999 - 2000 Senior Scientist, Ontario Science Centre, Program and exhibit design and evaluation Ontario Science Centre, Canada
1992 - 1997 Educator and Event Planner, Environmental Dialogue community engagement and restoration of Black Oak Savannah in High Park, Toronto Environmental Dialogue Citizen's Group , Canada
1994 - 1996 Resource Educator, District Office, Teacher training and program development Trainer for: ProjectWild; Wild in Winter; Focus on Forests;Focus on Fire; FishWays Train-the-trainers for above programs Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Canada
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/09/01 - 2021/08/31 ALL - Artist-Led Learning in Higher Education
2018-1-DK01-KA203-047077
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2020/02/03 - 2021 Ocean University. Science of the sea with and for youth (Universidade do Oceano. As ciências do Mar para e com os jovens)
FA_06_2017_026
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
 DGPM - Direção-Geral de Política do Mar
Concluded
2016/01 - 2016/05 Casting Nets for Social Inclusion: Weaving Partnerships and Projects Across the Sea
ICB 201896
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Concluded
2012 - 2014 Science and Policy Integration for a Sustainable Marine Strategy - SciPol-ISeMarS
DRCT-FRCT MXX/1/2012
Researcher
Universidade dos Açores - Campus de Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
 Regional Director for Science & Technology, Regional Secretary for Education & Science, Autonomous Region of the Azores DRCT-FRCT
2008 - 2014 EDUMAR Perspectives about the sea and marine life: Cetaceans and tourism in the Azores, Portugal and Newfoundland, Canada
M2.1.2/F/007/2008
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade dos Açores - Campus de Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
 Regional Director for Science & Technology, Regional Secretary for Education & Science, Autonomous Region of the Azores DRCT-FRCT
Concluded
2011 - 2011 RCE Açores Biodiversity Photo Contest
DRCT-FRCT M4.2.2/I/005/2011
Principal investigator
Regional Director for Science & Technology, Regional Secretary for Education & Science, Autonomous Region of the Azores DRCT-FRCT
Concluded
2011 - 2011 Exploring the wealth of coastal fisheries: Listening to community voices, Scientist-Fisher Seminar 21 -24 October 2011
M3.2.2/I/020/2011
Principal investigator
Universidade dos Açores - Campus de Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
 Regional Director for Science & Technology, Regional Secretary for Education & Science, Autonomous Region of the Azores DRCT-FRCT
Concluded
2010 - 2011 Biodiversity Photo Exhibition
M4.2.3/I/004/2010
Principal investigator
Universidade dos Açores - Campus de Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
 Regional Director for Science & Technology, Regional Secretary for Education & Science, Autonomous Region of the Azores DRCT-FRCT
Concluded
2010/01 - 2010/12 Biodiversity Seminar for teachers – Knowing the fishing community
M4.2.2/I/004/2010
Principal investigator
Regional Director for Science & Technology, Regional Secretary for Education & Science, Autonomous Region of the Azores DRCT-FRCT
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/11/01 - 2025/10/31 Reflexive scholarship and integrated maritime values: Co-creation of knowledges for just sustainability and climate justice
CEECINST/00102/2018/CP1567/CT0030
10.54499/CEECINST/00102/2018/CP1567/CT0030
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2014 - 2019 Education for active citizenship: Images of participation in marine policy
IF/01084/2013/CP1164/CT0001
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Tatiana Chemi ; Neilson, Alison. The pedagogy of the moment: Building artistic time-spaces for critical-creative learning.. Aalborg, Denmark: Aalborg University Press. 2022.
    Published • Editor
  2. Alison Laurie Neilson; Tatina Chemi. Affects, transformations and the artists' voices. Aalborg University Press. 2022.
  3. Alison Laurie Neilson; Tatiana Chemi. The artist / educator alliance. Aalborg University Press. 2022.
  4. Allan Owen; Anne Passila; Nick Ponsillo; Monica Biagioli; Charlotte Cunningham; Federica De Molli; Chiara Paolino. Community and Collective Learning. Aalborg, Denmark: Aalborg University Press. 2022.
    Published • Editor
  5. Catherine Morel; Philippe Mairesse; Rannveig Bjork Thorkelsdottir; Jona Guorun Jonsdottir. Performance and Performativity. Aalborg, Denmark: Aalborg University Press. 2022.
    Published • Editor
  6. Neilson, Alison. A sea full of life: Visions from the Azores. Ponta Delgada, Portugal: Federation of Fisheries of the Azores. 2021.
    Published • Editor
  7. Neilson, Alison Laurie; Silva, José Eduardo. Rehearsing science and art to re-connect culture and nature/ Ensaiar arte e ciência: Para religar natureza e cultura. Pesquisa Experimentação Reflexão 2.. Porto, Portugal: Apuro Edições/Teatro do Frio. 2019.
    Published • Editor
  8. Neilson, A. L.. Disrupting privilege, identity, and meaning: A reflexive dance of environmental education. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense. 2008.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Stacy Lee DeZutter; Julianne Coleman; Noah Hichenberg; Isabel Menezes; Alison Neilson; Clementina Rios; Cynthia Szymanski Sunal; Alyssa Whitford. "Collaborative Commentary". 2023.
    10.4324/9781003229568-15
  2. Rios, Clementina; Neilson, Alison; Menezes, Isabel. "Citizen Children Raising Their Voices and Striving to Save the Planet". In International Perspectives on Educating for Democracy in Early Childhood Recognizing Young Children as Citizens. 2023.
    Published • 10.4324/9781003229568-11
  3. Carlos A. M. Gonzaga; Patrícia Denkewicz; Alison Laurie Neilson; Rui Pedro Julião. "Land for Life in Brazil: Conservation and People". 333-347. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-030-86304-3_19
  4. Neilson, Alison Laurie; Seixas, Eunice Castro. "Ocean Literacies: Splashing Around on the Beach or Venturing into the Dark Abyssal Sea". In Sustainable Policies and Practices in Energy, Environment and Health Research, edited by Diogo Guedes Vidal; Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis; Ricardo Cunha Dias; Walter Leal Filho, 61-77. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-86304-3_4
  5. Alison Laurie Neilson; Andrea Inocêncio. Corresponding author: Alison Laurie Neilson. "Digging emergency holes near the gate. A Zine about our practice. booklet 1: Affects, transformations and the artists' voices.". In The pedagogy of the moment: Building artistic time-spaces for critical-creative learning, edited by Tatiana Chemi; Alison Laurie Neilson. Aalborg, Denmark: Aalborg University Press, 2022.
    Published
  6. Alison Laurie Neilson. "Exploring the use of a visual model: Are we dancing together?". In Arts and mindfulness education for human flourishing, edited by Tatiana Chemi; Elvira Brattico; Lone Overby Fjorback; László Harmat. Routledge Series: Art, Education and Mental Health., 2022.
    Published
  7. Alison Laurie Neilson; Andrea Filipa Pereira Mateus Inocêncio. "Digging emergency holes near the gate". In A zine about our practice, edited by Neilson, {Alison Laurie, 11-39. Aalborg University Press, 2022.
  8. Alison Laurie Neilson. "Exploring the use of a visual model: Are we dancing together?". In Arts and mindfulness education for human flourishing. Routlege, 2022.
    Published • 10.4324/9781003158790-15
  9. Neilson, Alison; São Marcos, Rita. "Catch of the day". In Hunting, gathering and fishing for food: Place studies and perspectives, edited by Joel Pontius; David Greenwood; Mike Mueller. New York, United States: Springer, 2020.
    Published
  10. Neilson, A.L.; Inocêncio, A.; São Marcos, R.. "Departure...The nature of the (not)keynote (Partida: A natureza de uma (não) conferência inaugural)". edited by Neilson, Alison Laurie; Silva, José Eduardo, 8-16. Porto: Apuro Edições / Teatro do Frio, 2019.
    Published
  11. Neilson, Alison; Inocêncio, Andrea; São Marcos, Rita. "Departure... Not a keynote: Flying without a parachute". In Rehearsing science and art to re-connect culture and nature, edited by Neilson, Alison; Silva, José Eduardo, 15-29. Porto, Portugal: Teatro do Frio, 2019.
    Published
  12. Inocêncio, Andrea; Neilson, Alison; São Marcos, Rita. "Not a keynote address: Flying without a parachute - in Portuguese (Não é uma palestra inaugural: Voar sem pára-quedas)". In Rehearsing Art and Science to reconnect Nature and Culture - Portugueses version (Ensaiar Arte e Ciência para religar Natureza e Cultura), edited by Neilson, Alison; Silva, J. E., 15-26. Porto, Portugal: Teatro do Frio edições, 2019.
    Published
  13. Neilson, Alison; São Marcos, Rita. "Artisanal fishing community, Azores, Portugal". In The Meaning of Small: Diverse Values of Small-Scale Fisheries, edited by Mirella de Oliveira Leis; Ratina Chuenpagdee. St.John's, Canada: TBTI, 2017.
    Published
  14. Neilson, Alison Laurie; Inocêncio, Andrea; São Marcos, Rita; Lacerda, Rodrigo; Simões, Maria; Andrade, Simone Longo de; Cantú, Rigel Lazo; et al. "Blind Running: 25 Pictures Per Page". In Arts-based methods in education around the world, edited by Xiangyun Du ; Tatiana Chemi, 183-203. Denmark: River Publishers, 2017.
    Published
  15. Neilson, Alison; Castro, Irina. "Reflexive research and education for sustainable development with coastal fishing communities in the Azores islands: A theatre for questions". In Biodiversity and education for sustainable development, edited by P. Castro; U. M. Azeiteiro; P. Bacelar Nicolau; W. Leal Filho; A. M. Azul, 203-217. Dordrecht: Springer, 2016.
    Published
  16. Neilson, Alison; Bulhão Pato, C.; Gabriel, R.; Arroz, A.M.; Mendonça, E.; Picanço, A.. "Speaking of the sea in the Azores islands: We sometimes went for lapas". In Heritages and Memories from the Sea., edited by Filipe Themudo Barata; João Magalhães Rocha, 116-129. Évora, Portugal: University of Évora, 2015.
    Published
  17. Neilson, Alison; Gabriel, Rosalina; Arroz, Ana Moura; Mendonça, Enésima. "Perspectives about the Sea in the Azores: Respecting narratives that sustain inshore fishing communities.". edited by J. Urquhart; T. Acott; M. Zhao, 319-338. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 2014.
    Published
  18. Neilson, A.; Blomberg, D.; Gabriel, R.. "Spirited practice of transformative education for sustainability". In Learning for sustainability in times of accelerating change, edited by A. Wals ; P. Blaze Concoran, 269-282. Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2012.
    Published • 10.3920/978-90-8686-757-8
  19. Neilson, A. L.; Cardwell, E.; Bulhão Pato, C.. "Coastal fisheries in the Azores, Portugal: A question of sovereignty, sustainability and space.". In European Fisheries at a tipping-point, edited by K. Schriewer; T. Højrup, 465-505. Murcia, Spain: Cátedra Jean Monnet Universidade de Murcia., 2012.
    Published
  20. Neilson, A. L.; Gabriel, R.; Arroz, A. M.; Mendonca, E.. "Eating, jigging or watching? Ocean heritage and sustainable development". In Heritage 2010: Heritage and Sustainable Development, Vols 1 and 2, edited by Rogério Amoêda; Sérgio Lira ; Cristina Pinheiro, 581-587. Barcelos, Portugal: Green Lines Institute, 2010.
    Published
  21. Neilson, Alison. "Deconstructing research practice.". edited by Boris Kožuh; Richard Kahn ; Anna Kozlowska, 161-171. Grand Forks, United States: The College of Education and Human Development, 2008.
    Published
  22. Neilson, Alison. "Dancing to know, knowing to dance: Dance as environmental education". In Ways of knowing in and through the body: Diverse perspectives on embodiment, edited by Sharon M. Abbey. Welland, Canada: Soleil, 2002.
    Published
Book review
  1. Neilson, Alison. "Book Review: Hart, Paul. (2003). Teachers' thinking in environmental education, consciousness and responsibility". 10, (2003): 314-315.
    Published
  2. Neilson, Alison. "Review: Hocking, B., Haskell, J., & Linds, W. (Eds.). (2001) Unfolding bodymind: exploring possibilities through education. Brandon, VT: The Foundation for Educational Renewal". 8, (2003): 274-276.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Neilson, Alison; São Marcos, Rita. "Azorean fishers and policy decisions". Paper presented in International Seminar on Environment and Society: Current challenges and pathways to change, Lisboa, 2020.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Gabriel, Rosalina; Arroz, Ana Margarida Moura; Neilson, Alison. "RCE Açores: Sustainable development on Islands (RCE Açores: DS em Ilhas.)". 2013.
  2. Rodrigues, Luzia; Arroz, Ana Margarida Moura; Gabriel, Rosalina; Neilson, Alison. "The environment in the future: Representations and concerns of children from Terceira. (O Ambiente no futuro: Representações e preocupações de crianças terceirenses.)". 2013.
  3. Arroz, Ana Margarida Moura; Gabriel, Rosalina; Neilson, Alison. "Phenomenography, conceptual diversity and the smile of Alice's cat (Phenomenographie, diversité conceptuelle et le sourire de le chat d'Alice)". 2012.
  4. Arroz, Ana Margarida Moura; Gabriel, Rosalina; Neilson, Alison; Rodrigues, Luzia. "The environment is not just anything! - Diversity of children's perspectives on the environment (O Ambiente não é qualquer coisa! - Diversidade de perspectivas das crianças acerca do ambiente)". 2009.
  5. Neilson, Alison; Arroz, Ana Moura; Gabriel, Rosalina; Machado, C.; Serrano, J.; Ronald, M.; Ledwell, W.. "International perspectives about the sea and sea life: Cetaceans and whale watching.". Paper presented in "5th World Environmental Education Congress¿ Earth, our common home¿, Montreal, 2009.
    Published
  6. Arroz, Ana Margarida Moura; Neilson, Alison; Rodrigues, Luzia; Gabriel, Rosalina. "Making environmental meaning". 2008.
Conference poster
  1. Dwight Owens; Neilson, Alison; Aleksandra Cherkasheva; Julia Jung; Colin Malloy; Kishan Munroe; Diego Narvaez; Camille Parrain; Anna Milena Zivian. "Creating through the art of another: Exploring extreme ocean events via "Exquisite Corpse" https://essopenarchive.org/doi/full/10.22541/essoar.167397420.08848057". Paper presented in American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2022 Conference,, 2022.
  2. Neilson, Alison; Gabriel, R., ; Arroz, A. M.. "RCE Açores: Sustainable development on islands (RCE AÇORES: Desenvolvimento sustentável em ilhas).". Paper presented in Centro de Congressos do Estoril, 2013.
  3. Neilson, Alison; Gabriel, R.. "Knowledge-Policy Relationships in the Azores: Respecting or Consuming Fishers? Poster presentation at the European Conference on Educational Research, ECER Berlin, 12-16 September, 2011.". Paper presented in European Conference on Educational Research, ECER, 2011.
  4. Arroz, A.M.; Gabriel, R.; Neilson, A. L.; Arroz, Ana Margarida Moura; Gabriel, Rosalina; Neilson, Alison. "Knowledge and commitment: Challenging children's environmental perspectives". Paper presented in 5th World Environmental Education Congress, WEEC, 2009.
  5. Neilson, Alison; Gabriel, Rosalina; Arroz, Ana Moura. "Considering relationships of words, thoughts and knowledge: Following ecological principles to enhance research and education". Paper presented in 93rd Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, 2008.
Dictionary entry
  1. Neilson, Alison; Pollock, J. S.. "Bald Eagle populations in the Great Lakes region: Back from the brink". In Great Lakes Fact Sheet.. Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, 2001.
    Published
Edited book
  1. José Eduardo Silva; Neilson, Alison. Rehearsing Science and Art to re-connect Culture and Nature. Portugal: Teatro do Frio Edições. 2019.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Isabel Menezes; Clementina Rios; Alison Neilson. "Views of environmental education educators for sustainable development: Between empowerment and guidance of children and young people (Visões de educadoras de educação ambiental para o desenvolvimento sustentável: Entre o empoderamento e a orientação de crianças e jovens)". Journal of Portuguese Education (Revista Portuguesa de Educação) (2023): https://doi.org/10.21814/rpe.22175.
    Published • 10.21814/rpe.22175
  2. Clementina Rios; Alison Laurie Neilson; Menezes, Isabel. Corresponding author: Clementina Rios. ""Let's make ourselves heard, but without shouting": Children's climate activism in the local forest. ("Vamos fazer-nos ouvir, mas sem gritar"): Ativismo climático de crianças na floresta local.". Education Society and Culture (Educação Sociedade e Cultura) 61 (2022):
    Open access • Published
  3. Clementina Rios; Alison Laurie Neilson; Isabel Menezes. "COVID-19 and the desire of children to return to nature". The Journal of Environmental Education 52 3 (2021): 335-346. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/91e6dab0-1c58-4b8d-8217-80718a402ab4.
    DOI: 10.1080/00958964.2021.1981207
  4. Neilson, Alison. "A vision at sea: women in fisheries in the Azores Islands, Portugal". Maritime Studies (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40152-019-00155-0.
    10.1007/s40152-019-00155-0
  5. Neilson, Alison; Rita São Marcos. "Imagining fishing and imagining education: investigating and telling stories with Azorean communities (Imaginar a pesca e imaginar a educação: investigar e contar histórias com comunidades açorianas)". CES Contexto Debates 25 (2019): 95-110. https://www.ces.uc.pt/publicacoes/cescontexto/ficheiros/cescontexto_debates_xxv.pdf.
    Open access • Published
  6. Neilson, Alison Laurie; São Marcos, Rita. "Reframing marine resource management with relational ontologies and hybrid entanglements: Fishing for empathy between Azorean fishers and scientists". Marine Policy 105 (2019): 30-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.04.004.
    10.1016/j.marpol.2019.04.004
  7. Neilson, Alison; Rita São Marcos. ""Escape" In response to a call - Evoking a keynote. Special issue on neoliberalism in higher education". Critical Studies <=> Critical Methodologies 17 3 (2017): 266-268.
    Published • Online first doi: 10.1177/1532708616673656
  8. Neilson, A.L.; São Marcos, R.. "In Response to a Call: Evoking a Keynote". Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies 17 3 (2017): 266-268. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019622525&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/1532708616673656
  9. Neilson, A.L.; São Marcos, R.. "Civil participation between private and public spheres: The island sphere and fishing communities in the azores archipelago". Island Studies Journal 11 2 (2016): 585-600. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84994226786&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published
  10. Neilson, A.L.; de Bulhão Pato, C.; Gabriel, R.; Moura Arroz, A.; Mendonça, E.; Picanço, A.. "In the Azores, looking for the regions of knowing". Island Studies Journal 11 1 (2016): 35-56. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84965010057&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published
  11. Neilson, Alison; Gabriel, R.; Arroz, A.M.; Mendonça, E.. "How do we understand the sea? Perspectives from the Azores and Newfoundland - The sea of the Azores: scientific forum for decision support.". Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences supplement 8 (2014): 15-17.
    Open access • Published
  12. Neilson, Alison. "Plan for Maritime Spatial Planning of the Azores and the implementation of the Policy Framework "Marine Strategy": Why and how to engage the public The sea of the Azores: scientific forum for decision support". Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences. Supplement 8 (2014): 59-61.
    Open access • Published
  13. Arroz, Ana Moura; Rosalina Gabriel; Neilson, Alison; Enésima Mendonça. "How do we understand the sea? Perpectives from the Azores and Newfoundland". Life and Marine Sciences. Supplement 8 (2014): 15-17.
    Published
  14. Neilson, Alison; Bulhão Pato, C.; Sousa, L.. "A short reflection on research and fishing cultures performing knowledge together /Uma breve reflexão sobre o modo como investigadores e pescadores podem cooperar pelo conhecimento". Revista Maria Scientia 2012 2 (2012): 73-82.
    Open access • Published
  15. Neilson, Alison. "Education for environmental justice: Fostering broad participation via marine education networks in the Azores, Special Issue Marine Education". 91 (2011):
    Published
  16. Neilson, Alison. "The power of nature and the nature of power. Special Issue: Inquiries into practice.". Canadian Journal of Environmental Education 279 5712 (2009): 368-369. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/279368a0.
    Open access • 10.1038/279368a0
  17. Neilson, A.. "Trickster teachers". Alternatives Journal 33 5 (2007): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-36549082021&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  18. Hickey, MBC; Neilson, AL. "Relative activity and occurrence of bats in southwestern Ontario as determined by monitoring with bat detectors". Canadian Field-Naturalist 109 4 (1995): 413-417.
  19. Neilson, A.L.; Fenton, M. B.. "Responses of little brown myotis to exclusion and to bat houses". Wildlife Society Bulletin 22 1 (1994): 8-14.
Magazine article
  1. Neilson, Alison. "Feature: Opening doors, hearts and minds, panel presentation compiled by A. Foster", Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 19(2), 9., 2007
Manual
  1. Rodrigues, A. F.; Neilson, Alison; Mendonça, E.; Gabriel, R.. A Walk for Observing Biodiversity from Orla Costeira da Prainha (Passeio Pedestre para Observação da Biodiversidade da Orla Costeira da Prainha). Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal: Culturangra, RCE AÇORES & Grupo da Biodiversidade dos Açores (Universidade dos Açores).. 2010.
    Published
  2. Neilson, Alison. Wildlife rehabilitation manual. Toronto, Canada: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. 1994.
    Published
Report
  1. Neilson, Alison; São Marcos, Rita. 2016. Weaving partnerships and projects between fishing communities for social inclusion: Final report in Portuguese (Tecendo parcerias e projetos entre comunidades piscatórias para a inclusão social: Relatório final). http://hdl.handle.net/10316/43725.
  2. Neilson, Alison; São Marcos, Rita. 2016. Casting nets for social inclusion: Weaving partnerships across the sea: Final report. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/43724.
  3. Bulhão Pato, C.; Neilson, Alison; Sousa, L.. 2011. Exploring the wealth of coastal fisheries: Listening to community voices.
  4. Neilson, Alison; Thiessen, Denis. 2002. Student-related research: 1980-2002.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/07 How is heritage pictured? Common visions from the Azores. Presentation for VI CHAM International Conference, NOVA University of Lisbon, 12 - 15 July 2023. VI CHAM International Conference
CHAM Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/06 A sea full of life: Whose visions? Presentation for the Lusophone Studies Association, International Conference, York University, Toronto, Friday, 30 June 2023. Lusophone Studies Association, International Conference
Lusophone Studies Association & York University (Toronto, Canada)
2022/12/07 Neilson, A.L. (2022). Boats are people too: Visions from the Azores. Traditional Boats and Maritime Traditions online seminar series, University of Helsinki, Finland, December 7, 2022. Traditional Boats and Maritime Traditions online seminar series
University of Helsinki
2022/11/09 Culture of the sea. Presentation to the University of Toronto Portuguese Association, New College, University of Toronto, November 09, 2022.
University of Toronto Portuguese Association (Toronto, Canada)
2022/11/08 Culture of the Sea. Casa dos Açores do Ontario, Toronto, November 8, 2022. (Cultura do Mar, Casa dos Açores do Ontário, Toronto, 8 de Novembro de 2022.) XXII Azorean Cultural Week / XXII Semana Cultural Açoriana
Azorean House of Ontario / Casa dos Açores do Ontário (Toronto, Canada)
2022/06/10 Mid-Day Mug Up: Book Talk with Alison Neilson. New Bedford Fisheries Heritage Centre, New Bedford, MA, Online, June 10, 2022 Mid-Day Mug Up online talks
New Bedford Fisheries Heritage Centre (New Bedford, United States)
2022/05/19 Azores and the International Year of Artisanal Fishing and Aquaculture with "A sea full of life" House of Azores, Lisbon, May 19, 2022 (Açores e o Ano Internacional da Pesca Artesanal e Aquicultura com "Um mar cheio de vida" Casa dos Açores, Lisboa, May 19, 2022) Azores and the International Year of Artisanal Fishing and Aquaculture / Açores e o Ano Internacional da Pesca Artesanal e Aquicultura
House of Azores / Casa dos Açores (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/01 VISIONS OF THE SEA: "all aboard" presentation for Ocean Literacy. Montanha Pico Festival, Lajes do Pico, January 29, 2022. (VISÕES DO MAR: presentation "todos a bordo" para a Literacia do Oceano. Montanha Pico Festival, Lajes do Pico, 29 janeiro, 2022.) Montanha Pico Festival
Mirateca Association (Lajes do Pico, Portugal)
2021/10/29 A sea full of life: Visions from the Azores, presentation for the Institute of Marine Sciences - Okeanos, University of the Azores, Horta, Portugal 29 October 2021.
Institute of Marine Sciences – Okeanos, University of the Azores (Horta, Portugal)
2021/06 Singing the blues? An exploration of narrating and naming human-ocean relationships. Presentation for 11th MARE People and the Sea Conference, online 28 June - 2 July, 2021. 11th MARE People and the Sea Conference
MARE Centre for Maritime Research (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2020/03/02 Azorean fishers and policy decisions, science and public discourses International Seminar on Environment & Society
Portuguese Association of Sociology (Lisbon, Portugal)
2020/03/02 Planning and policies with people in mind, land and sea. An interdisciplinary conversation International Seminar on Environment & Society
Portuguese Association of Sociology (Lisbon, Portugal)
2020/03 Azorean fishers and policy decisions, science and public discourses, presentation at the International Seminar on Environment & Society, Portuguese Association of Sociology, Lisbon, March 2-3, 2020 Lisbon. International Seminar on Environment & Society
Portuguese Association of Sociology (Lisbon, Portugal)
2020/03 Planning and policies with people in mind, land and sea. An interdisciplinary conversation. Seminar, March 2-3, 2020 Lisbon. International Seminar on Environment & Society
Portuguese Association of Sociology (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/11/05 Education and Communications, Social Sciences of the Oceans GLOSS | GLobal Ocean Social Sciences
Ocean University Initiative (Brest)
2019/09/16 Marine education through visions of research and Azorean fishing communities European Marine Science Educators Annual Conference
European Marine Science Educators (Logoa, Azores, Portugal)
2019/06/26 Framing, knowing and dreaming fishing: researchers telling stories with Azoreans. MARE
MARE NL (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2019/06/05 Imagining fishing: Research telling stories with Azoreans / Imaginando pesca: Investigação conta histórias com açorianos. Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia
Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/06/05 We are here. We exist. Small-scale fishing in the middle of the ocean Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia
Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/05/14 Imagining fishing and imagining teaching: Research telling stories with Azoreans. Invited Conference of the Instituto Paulo Freire Portugal
Instituto Paulo Freire Portugal (Porto, Portugal)
2018/09/12 Learning to be an artisanal researcher: Fishing tales from the Azores islands - Invited Speaker CIDEC Seminar
Comparative International Development Education Centre, CIDEC (Toronto, Canada)
2018/03/23 Collaboration between community and university for social issues in the fishing community I Fórum Internacional Socioeconómico das Pescas, Coesão e Desenvolvimento na Fileira da Pesca
Regional Government of the Azores (Praia da Vitória, Portugal)
2017/09/29 Keynote address Not a keynote: Flying without a parachute [Não é uma sessão inaugural: Voar sem pára-quedas] Nature/Culture Encontro
Universidade do Porto & Teatro do Frio (Porto, Portugal)
2017/08/24 Questions of Praxis: Blind Running European Conference on Education Research, ECER
European Education Research Association, EERA (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2017/08/22 Casting nets for wicked ways from the ocean to the Ivory Tower European Conference on Educational Research, ECER
European Education Research Association, EERA (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2017/07/05 Transcending knowledge regimes and imagining wicked ways in fisheries MARE Conference
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2017/07/05 A recipe for "a fine kettle of fish": Governance without social science. MARE conference
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2017/03/23 Social inclusion: Azorean experiences EC Fisheries Areas Network, Farnet
EC Fisheries Areas Network, Farnet (Jurmala)
2016/08/23 Listening to Stories from the Azores: Critical Researchers, Activists and Artists for Transformative Learning. European Conference for Education Research, ECER
European Education Researchers Association, EERA (Dublin)
2016/07/01 A conversation about working together as equal partners to build capacity. TBTI Symposium on European Small-Scale Fisheries and Global Linkages
Universidad de La Laguna and Oceanographic Centre of Canary Islands (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)
2016/03/21 Fishing communities in the age of financial capitalism: From the Arctic to the Azores. Presentation Undisciplining Environments Conference
(Stockholm, Sweden)
2016/03/20 Waves and wigs: Cultivative processes of art and research meetings and transformations. Creative presentation/performance Undisciplining Environments Conference
Entitle (Stockholm, Sweden)
2016/03/11 Casting nets for social inclusion: Weaving partnerships across the sea. Public presentation and debate, Porto do Abrigo, Ponta Delgada, Pt Final debate for Casting Nets project
Porto do Abrigo (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2016/01/12 Environmental justice and knowledge production in the Azores Islands. Invited Speaker SCOPE Seminar
ISCTE-IUL (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015/09/10 "All Our Relations": Respecting People and Scholarship. Creative roundtable for European Conference on Educational Research, ECER, Budapest, Hungary, 7 - 11 September 2015. European Conference on Educational Research, ECER
(Budapest)
2015/09/09 What are we sustaining in the ways we communicate? Workshop: With, for and against power. Invited network workshop for European Conference on Educational Research, ECER, Budapest, Hungary, 7 - 11 September 2015. European Conference on Educational Research, ECER
(Budapest, Hungary)
2015/01/28 Resistance is futile. Conversation circle 3rd International Conference on Arts-Based research and Artistic Research
University of Porto Colégio do Bela Artes (Porto, Portugal)
2015/01/15 Speaking of the sea in the Azores islands: We sometimes went for lapas. Presentation at Heritages and Memories from the Sea, First International Conference UNESCO Chair in Intangible Heritage and Tradition Know-How: Linking Heritage. Évora. Portugal, 14-16 January 2015. Heritages and Memories from the Sea, First International Conference UNESCO Chair in Intangible Heritage and Tradition Know-How: Linking Heritage
(Évora, Portugal)
2014/09/04 Reflecting on European education research: Sustainable power of metaphors in our understanding and practice. Presentation at the European Conference on Educational Research, ECER Porto, Portugal, 1-5 September, 2014. European Conference on Educational Research, ECER
(Porto, Portugal)
2014/07/11 Multiple perspectives on knowledge, politics and marine science: Education for a sustainable future. (Múltiplas perspectivas sobre conhecimento, política e ciências do mar: Educação para um futuro sustentável.) Presentation for ALICE Epistomologies of the South July 10-12, 2014. ALICE Epistomologies of the South Symposium
Centro do Estudos Sociais (Coimbra)
2013/11/07 Understanding and Combatting the Continued Colonization of Atlantic Island Nations: The Azores Guest lecture Sea Semester Class C-250-Colonization to Conservation in the Caribbean
Sea Education Association (SEA) (Woods Hole, MA, United States)
2013/06/11 Survival of the fittest footprint: Exploring the power of metaphors in our understanding and practice. Presented at the World Environmental Education Congress, WEEC Marrakesh, Morocco, 9-14 June, 2013. World Environmental Education Congress, WEEC
(Marrakesh, Morocco)
2013/06/10 Surrounded by the ocean: Processes and grounded examples of education "within context". Presented at the World Environmental Education Congress, WEEC Marrakesh, Morocco, 9-14 June, 2013. World Environmental Education Congress, WEEC
(Marrakesh, Morocco)
2012/09/19 An emerging network: Can research for education for sustainable development champion freedom, education and development for all? Presentation at the European Conference on Educational Research, ECER Cádiz, Spain, 18-21 September, 2012. European Conference on Educational Research, ECER
(Cádiz, Spain)
2012/09 Images championing freedom, education and development for all. Presentation at the European Conference on Educational Research, ECER Cádiz, Spain, 18-21 September, 2012. European Conference on Educational Research, ECER
(Cádiz, Spain)
2012/07 Plan for Maritime Spatial Planning of the Azores and the implementation of the Policy Framework "Marine Strategy": Why and how to engage the public. Presented at "Knowing the sea of Azores. Science forum for policy II", João José de Graça Public Library and Regional Archives, Horta, Pt. July 9-10, 2012. Invited Speaker Knowing the sea of Azores. Science forum for policy II
(Horta, Portugal)
2012/06 Phenomenography, conceptual diversity and the smile of Alice's cat. Presentation (Fenomenografia, diversidade conceptual e o sorriso do gato de Alice) Ponta Delgada, 5 e 6 de Junho de 2012. International Colloquium «Qualitative Methods in Social and Human Sciences: Perspectives and Experiences» (Colóquio Internacional «Métodos Qualitativos em Ciências Sociais e Humanas: Perspetivas e Experiências» )
(Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2011/10/02 Photography and environmental education. Presentation. RAVE - Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition, Museum of Angra do Heroísmo, Pt, October 2, 2011. Invited Speaker RAVE - Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition
(Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal)
2011/09 Stories that fill and empty the ocean: How voice and culture construct an environment education. Presentation at the European Conference on Educational Research, ECER Berlin, 12-16 September, 2011. European Conference on Educational Research, ECER
(Berlin, Germany)
2011/04 Respecting fish, fishers and fishing. Panel "Oceans of the Future", People Make Places - ways of feeling the world, 10th international SIEF congress, Lisboa, 17-21 April 2011. 10th international SIEF congress
(Lisbon)
2011/04 Perspectives about the Sea in the Azores, Portugal and Newfoundland, Canada. "It's Not Just About the Fish" Social and cultural perspectives of sustainable marine fisheries, Greenwich, UK 4-5 April 2011. ‘It’s Not Just About the Fish’ Social and cultural perspectives of sustainable marine fisheries
(Greenwich, United Kingdom)
2011/01 How do we understand the sea? Presented at "Knowing the sea of Azores. Science forum for policy". João José de Graça Public Library and Regional Archives, Horta, Pt. January 19-20, 2011. Invited Speaker Knowing the sea of Azores. Science forum for policy
(Horta, Portugal)
2010/11 Perspectives about the sea in the Azores, Portugal and Newfoundland, Canada: Respecting fish, fishers and fishing. Presentation for Coastal Cultures in Times of Change, Centre of State & Lifemode Analysis, Slettestrand, Denmark, 25- 26 November, 2010. Coastal Cultures in Times of Change, Centre of State & Lifemode Analysis
(Slettestrand, Denmark)
2010/09 Diversity of voices of the islands, EDUMAR: Perspectives about the ocean from Azores and Newfoundland, women´s perspectives. Panel presentation with UMAR Açores, III Fish Congress, Federation of Azorean Fishers, Angra do Heroísmo, Pt, September 23-25, 2010. Invited Speaker III Fish Congress
(Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal)
2010/06 Eating, jigging or watching? Ocean heritage and sustainable development. Presentation for Heritage 2010, 2nd International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development, Évora, Portugal, June 23-26, 2010. International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development
(Évora, Portugal)
2010/05/28 Diversity of voices of the islands, EDUMAR: Perspectives about the ocean from Azores and Newfoundland. Presentation for Knowing and Protecting Nature: 2010 International Year for Biodiversity, CITAA: Biodiversity Group of the Azores, Angra do Heroísmo, Pt. May 28, 2010. Invited Speaker 2010 International Year for Biodiversity Seminar Series
(Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal)
2010/04/27 Deconstructing Environmental Stories for Environmental Justice. Panel discussion about documentary film, "The Cove". Culturangra, Angra do Heroísmo, April 27, 2010. Invited Speaker Seminar Culturangra
(Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal)
2010/01/08 Perspectives about the Sea, Whales & Tourism in the Azores & Newfoundland. Portuguese and English presentation to Casa dos Açores, Toronto, January 08, 2010. Invited Speaker Seminar for Casa dos Açores
(Toronto, Canada)
2010/01 Eating, fishing, studying or visiting: Who decides the direction and the destiny? Roundtable "Environmental education: Among routes and destinations" for XVII Congress for Environmental Education Pedagogy, Ponta Delgada, Pt. January 28-31, 2010. Invited Speaker XVII Congress for Environmental Education Pedagogy
(Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2009/11/19 Atlantic islands: Perspectives on the sea. Keynote for Natural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John´s, NL, November 19, 2009. Keynote Speaker Annual meeting of the Natural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador
(St.John's, Canada)
2009/11/10 Azores and Newfoundland on the Sea. Presentation to the Woman's Institute, Dunville, NL, November 10, 2009. Invited Speaker Seminar for the Woman’s Institute
(Dunville, Canada)
2009/06 Storying the sea: Science, tourism and intangible heritage in the Azores and Newfoundland. Presentation for Sharing Cultures, International Conference on Intangible Heritage, Pico Island, Azores, Portugal, May 30-June 01, 2009. International Conference on Intangible Heritage
(Madalena, Pico Island, Portugal)
2009/05 International perspectives about the sea and sea life: Cetaceans and whale watching. Roundtable for the 5th World Environmental Education Congress, Montreal, May 10-14, 2009. 5th World Environmental Education Congress
(Montreal, Canada)
2009/05 Overview of the arts niche, final conference plenary for the 5th World Environmental Education Congress, Montreal, May 10-14, 2009. 5th World Environmental Education Congress, WEEC
(Montreal, Canada)
2009/05 Dancing the World. Roundtable for the 5th World Environmental Education Congress, Montreal, May 10-14, 2009. 5th World Environmental Education Congress, WEEC
(Montreal, Canada)
2009/03/15 Activism in the noughties. The Great Debate, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK, March 15, 2009. Invited Speaker The Great Debate
University of Newcastle (Newcastle, United Kingdom)
2009/02 Reconciling Diverse Perspectives for Cetacean Conservation. Workshop for the annual meeting of the European Cetacean Society, Istanbul, Turkey, Feb 28-Mar 3, 2009. Annual meeting of the European Cetacean Society
European Cetacean Society (Istanbul, Turkey)
2009/01 The environment is not just anything! diversity of children's perspectives. January 28th to 30th, 2009 (O Ambiente não é qualquer coisa! diversidade de perspectivas das crianças.) 10th Congress on Environmental Psychology (10º Congresso em Psicologia Ambiental)
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon, Portugal)
2009 Disrupting privilege, identity, and meaning: A reflexive dance of environmental education. 5th International E-Conference on Qualitative Research. Online 5th International E-Conference on Qualitative Research
2008/09 Ecological identity: Islands in a vast ocean. Presentation for the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Environmental Education and Communication, EECOM, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Sept 25-28, 2008. Annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Environmental Education and Communication, EECOM
Canadian Association for Environmental Education and Communication, EECOM (Gros Morne National Park, Canada)
2008/09 Considering relationships of words, thoughts and "knowledge": Following ecological principles to enhance research and education. Presentation for the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Aug 3-8, 2008. Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America
(Milwaukee, United States)
2008/05 Navigating the Doctoral Experience: Seven women's stories of multicultural collaboration and growth. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for the Study of Women and Education, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 31 - June 3, 2008. Annual meeting of the Canadian Association for the Study of Women and Education,
(Vancouver, Canada)
2008/05 Making environmental meaning. Presentation for the 1st International School Congress, Environment, Health and Education. Braga, Portugal. May 8-10, 2008. 1st International School Congress, Environment, Health and Education
(Braga, Portugal)
2008/04/11 Our trees (As nossas árvores). Presentation to Primary School of Carreirinha. Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal, April 11, 2008. Invited Speaker International Arbor Day Event
(Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal)
2006/10 Dancing with ecological identity and environmental justice. Presented at the annual Conference of the Canadian Network for Environment Education and Communication and Interpretation Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, October 19-22, 2006. annual Conference of the Canadian Network for Environment Education and Communication
(Halifax, Canada)
2006/09/30 Becoming an ally versus seeking "diversity" in outdoor education. Panel presentation, Toronto. September 30, 2006. Invited Speaker Annual Meeting for the Council for Outdoor Educators of Ontario
Council for Outdoor Educators of Ontario (Toronto, Canada)
2006/09/29 Keynote: Reflecting on power and privilege within outdoor education Annual Conference of the Council for Outdoor Educators of Ontario
Council for Outdoor Educators of Ontario, COEO (Toronto, Canada)
2005/11/30 Power, self-reflexion and sustainable development. Guest lecture for Curriculum Theory and Design, Master of Education Program, Brock University. November 30, 2005. Curriculum Theory and Design, Master of Education Program
Brock University (St. Catherines, Canada)
2005/11/23 Power and equity in teaching and research. Guest lecture for International and Global Education, B.Ed. Program, OISE/ University of Toronto. November 23, 2005 Guest lecture for International and Global Education, B.Ed. Program
(Toronto, Canada)
2005/10 Collaboration in environmental education and research. Presented at the annual meeting of the North American Association for Environmental Education. Albuquerque, New Mexico, Oct 27, 2005. Annual meeting of the North American Association for Environmental Education
(Albuquerque, United States)
2005/10 Being reflexive in environmental education research. Presented at the annual meeting of the North American Association for Environmental Education Pre-Conference Research Symposium. Albuquerque, New Mexico, Oct 25, 2005. North American Association for Environmental Education Pre-Conference Research Symposium
(Albuquerque, United States)
2005/04 Social critical perspectives on environmental education research: storytelling and retelling. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Ecological & Environmental Sig, Montreal, April 12, 2005. Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Ecological & Environmental SIG
(Montreal, Canada)
2004/11 Applying radical environmental ethics to environmental education research. Presented at the North American Association for Environmental Education. Biloxi, Mississippi, Nov 5, 2004. Annual meeting of the North American Association for Environmental Education
(Biloxi, United States)
2004/11 Environmental educators with social critical perspectives: story (re)telling. Presented at the annual conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education. Biloxi, Mississippi, Nov 6-10, 2004. Annual conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education
(Biloxi, United States)
2004/03 Diversity among environmentalists in Canada: Exploring plurality within groups rather than comparing between groups. Presented at the annual meeting of the Comparative International Education Society, Salt Lake City, Mar 9, 2004. Annual meeting of the Comparative International Education Society
(Salt Lake City, United States)
2003/10 DO-AS-a-Team: A group transformative learning experience. Presented at Lifelong citizenship learning, participatory democracy & social change, an International Conference, Toronto Oct 17-19, 2003. Lifelong citizenship learning, participatory democracy & social change, an International Conference
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada)
2003/10 Breaking new ground in understanding the interactions in teaching and learning. Presented at the Holistic Learning Conference, Toronto, October 24-26, 2003. Holistic Learning Conference
(Toronto, Canada)
2003/09 The "true?!" story of the big bad wolf. Presented at the annual meeting of Environmental Education and Communication Association of Canada. Summerside, Prince Edward Island, September 25-28, 2003. Annual meeting of Environmental Education and Communication Association of Canada
(Summerside, Canada)
2002/05 Dancing to know, knowing to dance: Dance as environmental education. Presented at the Canadian Association for the Study of Women and Education annual meeting, Toronto, May 28-30, 2002. Canadian Association for the Study of Women and Education Annual Meeting
Canadian Association for the Study of Women and Education (Toronto, Canada)
2002/05 Environmental education as social dance. Presented at the annual meeting of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada, Toronto, May 28-30, 2002. Annual meeting of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada
(Toronto, Canada)
2001/07 Sharing Environmental Ideas. Presented at the annual meeting of Environmental Education and Communication Association of Canada. Whitehorse, July 18-20, 2001. Annual meeting of Environmental Education and Communication Association of Canada
Environmental Education and Communication Association of Canada (Whitehorse, Canada)
1990/10 Population ecology of Myotis lucifugus. Presented at the annual symposium of the North American Bat Research Association, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 24-26, 1990. Annual symposium of the North American Bat Research Association
North American Bat Research Association (Lincoln, United States)
1989/10 Bats and bat houses at the Chautauqua Institute, New York. Presented at the annual symposium of the North American Bat Research Association, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 19-21, 1989. Annual symposium of the North American Bat Research Association
North American Bat Research Association (Tennessee, United States)
1989/03 Breeding behaviour of captive macaws. Presented at the annual Ontario Biology Days symposium, London, Ontario, March 18-19, 1989. Ontario Biology Days symposium
Western University (London, Canada)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Blue Production in artisanal fishing communities: Increasing the value of Atlantic chub mackerel
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2016 - Current Small scale artisanal fishers and marine resource management in deep waters: Public participation in fisheries governance in the Azores Islands
Supervisor of Rita São Marcos
 Sociology (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2018 - 2023 Environmental Education for Sustainable Development (EESD) in formal, non-formal and informal education contexts: The role of children and young people as actors in promoting civic ecology. (Educação Ambiental para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável (EADS) em contextos de educação formal, não formal e informal: O papel das crianças e jovens como atores na promoção da ecologia cívica.)
Co-supervisor of Maria Clementina Rodrigues Rios
 education (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2017 - 2021 SOUND and SILENCE Performing body and body itself. (SOM e SILÊNCIO Corpo performático e corpo em si.)
Supervisor of Andrea Filipa Pereira Mateus Inocêncio
 Humanities (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Colégio das Artes, Portugal
2016/02 - 2016/11 Arts-informed research
Co-supervisor
2016/02 - 2016/06 CES Intern - Arts-Informed Research Network
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2010 - 2014 Education outreach projects and development work for RCE Açores
Supervisor
RCE Açores, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2015 - Current Arts-informed Research Group: research support group with monthly working meetings (2015)
Other (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2015/03/06 - 2015/03/06 PhD Seminar "Arts-informed methods for education research" (2016 - 2016)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2010 - 2011 "Exploring the wealth of coastal fisheries: Listening to community voices" Conference-Community Input Hybrid, 21 -24 October 2011 Angra do Heroísmo & Ponta Delgada, Pt. Conference Chair funding: 14888,00 Project, Scientific Meeting, Regional Director for Science & Technology, Regional Secretary for Education & Science, Autonomous Region of the Azores DRCT-FRCT M3.2.2/I/020/2011 (2011/10/21 - 2011/10/24)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 RCE Açores, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores - Campus de Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
2010/09/09 - 2010/09/11 Biodiversity and Art for Educators (credit course for in-service teachers) (2010 - 2010)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade dos Açores - Campus de Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal

Association for Training for Schools in Terceira, São Jorge and Graciosa Islands , Portugal
2009/10/03 - 2009/10/10 Facilitator and Event Planner, "Sharing the Sea" mail art workshops for youth (2009/10/03)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 RCE Açores, Portugal

Oficina d'Angra Associação Cultural , Portugal
2006/06 - 2006/06 Instructor, OISE/UT, Transformative Learning Centre's Summer Institute; Inside and Outside: Anti-racist Environmentalism (2006/06 - 2006/06)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 University of Toronto Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Canada

Transformative Learning Centre, Canada
2004 - 2005 Annual conference of the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (2005/10)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
2002/10/30 - 2002/11/01 Dancing for environmental education. Workshop for the International Training for Environmental Leadership Exchange Canada/Brazil. (2002/10/30 - 2002/11/01)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 University of Toronto Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Canada

Transformative Learning Centre, Canada
2001/02 - 2001/06 Environmental Education Case Study, Canadian Wildlife Federation & Evaluation Methods for Environmental Education. International Model Forest Secretariat Workshop for Developing Environmental Education for Chiloé. Bosque Modelo, Chile, May 31 - June 3, 2001 (2001 - 2001)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 International Model Forest Secretariat, DRCT , Canada
1990 - 1990 Bat research and conservation workshop (facilitated by Fenton, M. B., Hickey, M. B. C., Acharya, L., Audit, D., & Neilson, A. L.) Bat Conservation International. Washington, D.C. April, 7-8, 1990 (1990/04/07 - 1990/04/08)
Workshop (Other)
 Bat Conservation International, United States

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2012 - 2012 Creative interview methods: Using photography and artefacts, workshop
Congress
Universidade dos Açores - Campus de Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2017/01/10 Teacher inquiry in New Zealand: A montage
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joanna Lim (PhD)
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
2016/11/03 Mapping the artistic in citizen participation
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Pereira de Magalhães Cruz (Other)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2015/03/18 Art and Education - Silent Theatre
(Thesis) Arguer
 Inês Vicente (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2018 - Current OceanGov network of European social scientists for Ocean Governance - Small Scale Fisheries group member
2009 - Current European Education Research Association, EERA
2008 - Current Portuguese Society for Science of Education, SPCE member
2003 - 2014 American Educational Research Association, AERA member
2000 - 2013 Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication, ECCOM
2008 - 2010 European Cetacean Society
2002 - 2008 Environmental Studies Association of Canada, ESAC
1999 - 2008 Comparative and International Education Society, CIES
1999 - 2007 North American Association for Environment Education, NAAEE Member
2002 - 2005 Learning and Study Skills Association, LASSA

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2018 - Current Strategic Initiative on theHuman Dimension
Member
 International Council for the Explorationof the Sea, ICES, Denmark
2012 - 2017 Support for PhD students and other emerging scholars as Link Co-Convenor for the European Education Researchers Association, including reviewing conference applications, ranking bursary applications, chairing and mentoring during conferences and other support. 2012-2017
Coordinator
 European Education Researchers Association, Germany
2015 - 2016 ESER Policy and Governance Group Member, Network 30 Environmental & Sustainability Education Research,
Coordinator
 European Education Researchers Association, Germany

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2014 - 2018 European Education Research Association, EERA Network 30 Environmental & Sustainability Education Research
2012 - 2013 7th World Environmental Education Congress, WEEC7, Niche: Creative impulses, Marrakesh 9-14, 2013
2011/02 - 2011/12 Conference Chair, "Exploring the wealth of coastal fisheries: Listening to community voices" Conference-Community Input Hybrid, 21 -24 October 2011 Angra do Heroísmo & Ponta Delgada, Pt. Universidade dos Açores, Biodiversity Group & RCE Açores
2008/03 - 2009/05/14 Niche Chair, 5th World Environmental Education Congress, WEEC5, Montreal 10-14, May, 2009 Niche - Art: imagination, creativity, and meaning
2004 - 2005 Conference Co-chair "Ripples 2005" Environment, Education and Culture. Huntsville, Ontario. Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication
2003/03 - 2003/10 "Lifelong citizenship learning, participatory democracy and social change", an International Conference, Toronto October 17-19, 2003 Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
1999 - 2002 Steering Committee GTA Envirothon Ontario Forestry Association

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2008/05 - 2008/09/28 Trainer, Diversity training for board members, Canadian Association for Environmental Education and Communication, EECOM, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Sept 25-28 2008 Canadian Association for Environmental Education and Communication, EECOM , Canada
2006/04 - 2006/08 Facilitator, Educator's Summer Institute: Getting to the Heart of the Matter: How our Ecological Identity Informs Our Life as Educators Nova Scotia Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Canada

Whycocomagh Eco-Centre, Canada
1999 - 2002 Program Developer, Envirothon - Curriculum designer, tester and instructor for international environmental Olympics program, Envirothon. Ontario Forestry Association, Canada
1997 - 1998 Program and exhibit development; development of teaching materials (video, magazine, maps) for the South Africa's Year of Science and Technology initiative Museum of the Council for Geoscience , South Africa
1997 - 1998 Facilitator, Worked with youth facilitating community development of natural history exhibits Tswaing Crater Museum, South Africa
1996 - 1998 Display & Program Developer, Research and conceptual design for new bioscience wing and education program Transvaal Museum of Natural History , South Africa
1997 - 1997 Educator and Trainer, Participatory Environmental Education for Educators UMP Zvataida Rural District Office , Zimbabwe

Communal Areas Management Program for Indigenous Resources, CAMPFIRE , Zimbabwe
1996 - 1996 Program Developer and Trainer, Teacher training and community education workshop; Peace Corp Condor workshop Fundacion Antisana , Ecuador
1995 - 1995 Educator/Facilitator, Visioning Exercise for The Huron Natural Area Co-operative Project - engaged by the City of Kitchener and the two Waterloo Region Boards of Education (Canada) to facilitate visioning for a natural park and education project. IBI Group Inc, Canada
1990/05 - 1990/11 Scientific Advisor and Educator, Youth Challenge International, Guyana Trained international group of youth while engaging in field research on Vampire bats in Guyana Youth Challenge International , Canada

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Mentor for 10 artist practitioners in the TBA21–Academy "Culturing the Deep Sea: Towards a common heritage for allkind" at the Porto Design Biennale
2022/06 - Current Facilitator: Teacher workshops for the Blue School (Escola Azul) Good Wave (Boa Onda) event, part of the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, 27 de junho de 2022. science teaching (Outros) Escola Azul, Portugal
2021/02 - Current Facilitator Becoming a European Blue School, Workshop online: Food from the Ocean Feb 2021 Education (Outros) European Marine Science Educators Association (EMSEA), Belgium
2023/02 - 2023/06 Arts of the Ocean and all her relations Marine Science, Technology, & Society (Pós-Graduação) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/04 - 2023/05 Ocean People, Module: Marine Fisheries and Environmental Issues (Erasmus Blended Intensive Program - in person and online in 3 countries) in Marine Environmental Threats) as part of the lecture on Countermeasures: fisheries management and sustainable fisheries (Pós-Graduação) Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2022/05 - 2022/07 Arts of the Ocean and all her relations Marine Science, Technology, and Society (Pós-Graduação) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Facilitator: Teacher workshops "A sea full of life / Um mar cheio de vida" ExpoLab, Lagao, 2. Angra do Heroísmo Science Centre, Terceira, and 3 (& 4) OMA Ocean Observatory, Faial (Outros) Centros de Ciência dos Açores, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/03/01 Coordinator & Instructor; Doctoral Thesis Project Democracy in the 21st C (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2016 - 2018 Coordinator and Instructor: Ecological Crisis: Environmental cultures, movements and politics (PhD) Co-cordinator of course Ecological Crisis (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2016/06/15 - 2016/06/18 Coordinator & Facilitator ArtFULL 2016 - Relationships of knowing, doing, and being: CES PhD Summer School social sciences and arts methodology (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Intercultural Diversity and Representation PhD Seminar "Listening/seeing/sensing: different ways of knowing" Human Rights in Contemporary Societies (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Intercultural Diversity and Representation PhD Seminar "Research and teaching practice to honour different ways of knowing" Human Rights in Contemporary Societies CES-FEUC (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2015/05/01 - 2015/07/17 Science Alive program, CES Stage 2: "Art and Science: relationships of knowing, doing and being" (Ciência Viva program, CES Estágio 2: "Arte e Ciência: relações de conchecer, fazer e ser" July 13-17, 2015) (Ensino secundário) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2010/05 - 2010/08 Master level: Environmental Justice Environmental Education (Mestrado) Universidade dos Açores Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e do Ambiente, Portugal
2006/09 - 2008/01 School and Society (Teacher Education) (4 sections of the course) (Postgraduate Certificate) University of Toronto Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Canada
2007/09 - 2008 Honours Projects in Environmental Sustainability ENSC410 Honours Projects in Environmental Sustainability Queen's University School of Environmental Studies, Canada
2007/09/04 - 2007/12/30 Environmental Research Skills ENV410 (Licence) University of Toronto School of the Environment, Canada
2007/01/04 - 2007/05/01 Environmental Sociology ENSC305 (Bachelor) Queen's University School of Environmental Studies, Canada
2007/01 - 2007/05 Introduction to Educational Research - Master degree (Master) Brock University Faculty of Education, Canada
2006 - 2007 Explorations in Environmental Studies ENSC203 (2 sections) Explorations in Environmental Studies (Bachelor) Queen's University School of Environmental Studies, Canada
2006/01/04 - 2006/05/01 Gender and Environment ENSC420 (Bachelor) Queen's University School of Environmental Studies, Canada

University of Queen's, Department of Gender Studies, Canada
2006/01/04 - 2006/05/01 Global Resources and Environmental Issues GG290 online (Bachelor) Wilfrid Laurier University Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Canada
2005/05/01 - 2005/12/30 Wildlife & Rural Land Resources Management GG391 (2 sessions Summer & Fall 2005) online (Bachelor) Wilfrid Laurier University Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Canada
2002/01/04 - 2005/05/01 Issues in International and Global Education (Teacher Education) EDU5536 (Postgraduate Certificate) University of Toronto Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Canada
2002 - 2003 Global and Community Connections (Teacher Education), EDU6000 Teacher Education Seminar: Global and Community Connections (Postgraduate Certificate) University of Toronto Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Canada
2001 - 2002 Intermediate/Senior Biology (Teacher Education) EDU1470 Intermediate/Senior Biology (Postgraduate Certificate) University of Toronto Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Canada
1989 - 1991 Biological Sciences; Animals, undergraduate 1st & 2nd year (Bachelor) York University Faculty of Science, Canada
1987 - 1989 Cell Biology; undergraduate 2nd year Cell Biology (Bachelor) University of Waterloo Department of Biology, Canada
1987 - 1989 Environmental Toxicology, undergraduate 3rd year (Bachelor) University of Waterloo Department of Biology, Canada
1987 - 1989 Environmental Thought I & II, undergraduate 1st & 2nd year (Bachelor) University of Waterloo Department of Environment and Resource Studies, Canada

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2011 - 2014 Doctoral Development Planning 14 students/year
2005 - 2006 Academic writing graduate students at drop-in writing centre
2002 - 2004 Writing Clinic Advisor, OISE/University of Toronto, Student Services B.Ed. students, masters and doctoral level students
Distinctions

Award

2007 Fund for Scholarly and Professional Development
Queen's University, Canada
2006 Fund for Scholarly and Professional Development
Queen's University, Canada
2001 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
Ontario Provincial Government, Canada

Other distinction

2003 OISE/UT Commendation Award
University of Toronto, Canada
2002 Keith A. McLeod Scholarship
University of Toronto, Canada
2002 Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal
1999 Professional Wildlife Biologist Certification
The Wildlife Society, United States
1994 City of Toronto Neighbourly Award